September 1, 2014
On behalf of the entire team at LCCS, I want to welcome you
to the 2014-2015 school year and wish each of you a happy new school year. I hope that your summer was filled with
family, friends, and fun. In preparation
for the coming school year our administrative and custodial teams have been cleaning
and organizing for the coming school year and our faculty attended professional
development workshops preparing for our students.
We are all anxiously
awaiting the arrival of our students on the first day of school which is on
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014.
Our school hours are from 8:30-3:15.
Our doors open at 7:50 and students should arrive at school no later
than 8:20.
Please make sure to
say your good byes to your child at home.
This will make it easier for you to part ways on the first day of
school. Don’t let your child fool you-it
is harder for you than it will be for them! Please do not accompany your child into his
or her classroom. This prolongs the good-bye process and
makes it much more difficult for the class to begin their day. Our teachers and teacher assistants are experts at making children feel welcome on the first day of school and every day throughout the year.
This year we are launching a number of new initiatives that
will further enhance our students’ academic skills and their social emotional
growth. I plan to share more information
about many of these programs with all of
you throughout the coming year.
·
We launched a new scheduling system that will
allow students in our middle school to receive individual schedules so that
they will no longer travel from class to class in fixed homeroom groups.
·
Our scheduling system is linked to an online
grading system so that middle school parents can monitor their child’s academic
progress on a regular basis.
·
A new school website will provide students and
families with information about school events and greater accessibility to classroom
materials on teacher websites.
·
In an
effort to prepare our fifth graders for middle school they will now switch
classes for all their academic subjects among the teachers on the fifth grade
team. Ms. Litman will teach math, Ms.
Muse will teach English, and Mr. Rengifo will teach science and social
studies. The fifth grade remains part of
the lower school as we view fifth grade as the bridge year between lower and
middle school at LCCS.
·
Students in the middle school will now have
Spanish four times a week in an effort to increase their overall foreign language
skills.
·
An advanced math class will be offered for
students in grades 5-8 that will cover the same material only at a more rapid
pace. Placement in this class is
determined by student academic performance in previous math classes and their
standardized test scores.
·
In grades 3, 5, and the middle school students
will participate in the Touchstones Discussion Project program. This is an international program where
students explore important ethical or philosophical ideas in a discussion
format based on writings from great thinkers and writers throughout
history.
I firmly believe that Learning Community Charter
School is a family, we work together, we learn together, and we support one
another. I look forward to working and
collaborating with each of your children (and you) in the coming school year.
Have a wonderful Labor Day and see you on
September 3rd.
Colin Hogan
Head of School
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